Climatological Report (Monthly)
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
Issued by NWS Portland, ME
418 CXUX51 KGYX 021952 CLMGYX PWMCLMGYX 000 TTAA00 GYX 011743 CLIMATE REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME 143 PM EDT WED NOV 01 2023 ................................... ...THE GRAY ME CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2023... CLIMATE NORMAL PERIOD: 1991 TO 2020 CLIMATE RECORD PERIOD: 1995 TO 2023 WEATHER OBSERVED NORMAL DEPART LAST YEAR`S VALUE DATE(S) VALUE FROM VALUE NORMAL .............................................................. TEMPERATURE (F) RECORD HIGH 84 10/10/2011 LOW 24 10/31/2020 10/23/1997 10/24/1969 HIGHEST 81 10/03 75 6 73 LOWEST 30 10/31 29 1 31 AVG. MAXIMUM 61.2 57.7 3.5 60.5 AVG. MINIMUM 46.9 40.8 6.1 42.2 MEAN 54.0 49.2 4.8 51.4 DAYS MAX >= 90 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MAX <= 32 0 0.0 0.0 0 DAYS MIN <= 32 1 4.1 -3.1 1 DAYS MIN <= 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 PRECIPITATION (INCHES) RECORD MAXIMUM 16.33 2005 MINIMUM 1.29 1997 TOTALS 3.53 5.42 -1.89 6.87 DAILY AVG. 0.11 0.17 -0.06 0.22 DAYS >= .01 10 11.8 -1.8 9 DAYS >= .10 6 7.0 -1.0 8 DAYS >= .50 3 3.5 -0.5 4 DAYS >= 1.00 0 1.9 -1.9 2 GREATEST 24 HR. TOTAL 1.40 10/21 TO 10/22 SNOWFALL (INCHES) RECORDS TOTAL 12.9 2011 TOTALS T 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SINCE 7/1 T 0.6 -0.6 0.0 SNOWDEPTH AVG. 0 DAYS >= TRACE 1 0.2 0.8 0 DAYS >= 1.0 0 0.1 -0.1 0 GREATEST SNOW DEPTH 0 0 24 HR TOTAL T DEGREE DAYS HEATING TOTAL 332 490 -158 412 SINCE 7/1 438 684 -246 580 COOLING TOTAL 1 2 -1 0 SINCE 1/1 429 395 34 583 .............................................................. - INDICATES NEGATIVE NUMBERS. R INDICATES RECORD WAS SET OR TIED. MM INDICATES DATA IS MISSING. T INDICATES TRACE AMOUNT. && A BROAD RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE ALONG THE EAST COAST DOMINATED THE WEATHER THROUGH THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER. THIS BROUGHT A PERIOD OF DRY AND VERY WARM CONDITIONS. THE RIDGE BROKE DOWN BY THE END OF THE FIRST WEEK WITH A FRONTAL SYSTEM CROSSING THE AREA BRINGING RAIN AND MUCH COOLER TEMPERATURES. AN UPPER LOW LINGERED NEAR NEW ENGLAND THROUGH MUCH OF THE SECOND WEEK OF THE MONTH KEEPING TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL WITH SHOWERY WEATHER. ADDITIONAL UPPER LOWS AND TROUGHS CROSSED THE NORTHEAST THROUGH THE THIRD WEEK OF THE MONTH LIMITING ANY SIGNIFICANT WARM UPS, ALTHOUGH CONDITIONS WERE MOSTLY DRY WITH ONLY A COUPLE LIGHT RAIN EVENTS. A MORE SIGNIFICANT SYSTEM IMPACTED THE GRAY AREA THE WEEKEND OF THE 21ST INTO THE 22ND AS LOW PRESSURE TRACKED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND INTO THE GULF OF MAINE BRINGING A SOAKING RAIN. A BRIEF WARM UP ENSUED THE FINAL WEEK OF THE MONTH FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM BRINGING RAIN THAT BRIEFLY MIXED WITH SLEET AND A SHOT OF MUCH COLDER AIR TO CLOSE OUT THE MONTH. THIS SHOT OF COLD AIR ALLOWED THE TEMPERATURE TO DROP BELOW FREEZING FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS FALL WHEN THE LOW REACHED 30 DEGREES ON THE 31ST. THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE FOR THE MONTH WAS 54.0, WHICH WAS 4.8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL. THE WARMEST OCTOBER WAS IN 2017 WHEN THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE WAS 57.0 DEGREES. THE COOLEST WAS 46.2 DEGREES IN 2018. THE FOLLOWING TABLE LISTS THE WARMEST OCTOBERS ON RECORD AT GRAY. WARMEST AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IN OCTOBER 1995)... RANK TEMP YEAR 1 57.0 2017 2 54.0 2023 <=== 3 53.8 2007 4 53.4 2021 5 53.0 1995 A TOTAL OF 3.53 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL, WHICH WAS 1.89 INCHES BELOW NORMAL. THE DRIEST OCTOBER ON RECORD WAS IN 1997 WHEN ONLY 1.29 INCHES OF PRECIPITATION FELL. THE WETTEST WAS 16.33 INCHES IN 2005. $$ DS